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- Galaxy Zoo, a website designed to use human brain power to identify galaxies, was co-designed by cosmologists at University of Portsmouth.
- VT Shipbuilding operates a state-of-the-art naval shipbuilding facility at Portsmouth which is one of the most advanced in Europe.
- VT Shipbuilding and BAE Systems, who have two bases in Portsmouth, are the prime contractors for the multi-billion pound Royal Naval Type 45 Anti Air Warfare Destroyer programme.
- BAE systems is the No 1 European defence company and 4th largest in the world.
- The largest satellite ever built in Europe was constructed at the Portsmouth site of EADS Astrium.
- Climax Games, based in Gunwharf Quays, is a world leader in developing interactive software.
- The bow and mast sections of HMS Daring, the world’s most advanced warship, were made by VT Shipbuilding in Portsmouth.
- Number 1 in Europe and number 3 worldwide, EADS Astrium employs 12,000 men and women in five countries: France, Germany, the UK, Spain and the Netherlands. Its flagship site is based here in Portsmouth and employs over 1000 staff.
- Information from Europe’s most advanced radio telescope LOFAR will be partly monitored by the University of Portsmouth.
Testimonials
“The University of Portsmouth is helping to lead the way for pioneering space exploration. Through a partnership with ASTRON, the institute is heading operations on the south coast to create the largest IT telescope in the world: LOFAR. This will lead to exciting, new findings about the origins of our universe and placing Portsmouth’s research firmly onto the world stage.”
Dr Robert Nichol
Institute of cosmology & gravitation
University of Portsmouth
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